ArcObjects Library Reference (Carto)

ILabelEngineLayerProperties Interface

Provides access to some of the main properties for labeling features. Note: the ILabelEngineLayerProperties interface has been superseded byILabelEngineLayerProperties2. Please consider using the more recent version.

Product Availability

Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.

When To Use

The ILabelEngineLayerProperties interface is the main interface for maintinging the labeling properties of a label class. For example use this interface to specify an Expression and Symbol to label features with.

ILabelEngineLayerProperties::BasicOverposterProperties is not implemented by MaplexLabelEngineLayerProperties. See ILabelEngineLayerProperties2 for methods for generic handling of labeling properties for both label engines.

Members

		Description
	BasicOverposterLayerProperties	The overposter properties, which specify how labels are placed relative to features.
	Expression	The VBScript or JScript expression that evaluates and formats the label.
	ExpressionParser	The object that interprets the expression.
	IsExpressionSimple	Indicates if the expression is simple.
	Offset	The offset between the label and the feature.
	Symbol	The text symbol used to draw the label.
	SymbolID	The ID of the group symbol used to draw the label.

CoClasses that implement ILabelEngineLayerProperties

CoClasses and Classes	Description
LabelEngineLayerProperties	A container for the properties of feature labels.
MaplexLabelEngineLayerProperties	Properties that specify the labeling of a layer and conversion of labels to annotation.

.NET Related Topics

Creating annotation and dimension feature classes